Information security

Max amount of FITech students: 100

Persons without a valid study right to a Finnish university have preference to this course.

Course content: Security models and terminology, authentication, access control, software security, cryptography, network security, threat analysis, examples of advanced security technologies, privacy, security policies and regulation.

After taking the course,

• you are familiar with the key concepts and abstractions of information security and understand the purpose, function and weaknesses of several security technologies
• you are able to model threats and analyse the security of a system critically, from the viewpoint of an attacker
• you can identify common security flaws in software and apply principles of secure programming.

Assessment methods and criteria: Hands-on exercises, examination. Reading material will be recommended during the course.

Workload: Lectures 24 h, exercises 60 h, independent study 49 h.

More information on Aalto University’s WebOodi course page.

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